Clip for metal lath and beading



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o o D@ D9 Patented Mar. 29, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CLIP FOR METAL LATI! AND BEADING Frank ,Schepis, Brooklyn, N. Y..

Application November 11, 1943, Serial No.` 509,823

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a clip for metal lath and beading, and particularly to such a clip which serves to secure metal lath and corner beading elements around the exterior corners of metal beams, joists, studs, stiieners, and the like, whether of channel, L or I form.

An object of the invention is to provide a clip which can be made easily from strips or sheets of metal and which can be quickly applied to the metal support, as by spot welding, with a minimum number of operations.

' A further object is to provide such a clip which may be made in a small number of standard sizes for use on corresponding sizes of supports, while being adaptable for modification to meet less usual requirements.

A further object is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction, and arrange-- ment of the parts whereby the above named and other objects may effectively be attained.

In applying metal lath to metallic structural members, as a support for plaster or the like, it is customary to weld a clip to the structural member, after which a projecting end of the clip is engaged with the metal lath and bent over to hold the latter in place. Where the structural member forms an exterior corner a special form of lath is used, particularly a form in which a rounded corner beading strip is integral with a pair of lath strips each of which is adapted to extend along one side of the corner; and such lath and beading elements are secured by clips which may be welded to the structural member at or near the corner. A special problem arises in the finishing of the interiors of ships where the wall and ceiling surfaces normally include a large number of projecting beams, stiffeners, or the like of channel type having more or less standard face widths. When previously known types of clips are used in such structures a great many welding operations are required, and the present invention makes it possible to reduce materially the number of such operations.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents an elevation of the face of a channel type metallic structural member having metal lath and corner beading affixed to its corners by means of the clip of this invention;

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 represents a section taken along the line III-III of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 4 represents a section taken along the line 2 IV`IV of Fig. 1`, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 5 represents' a side or edge' view of the clip itself;

Fig. 6 represents a plan view of the clip shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 represents an end view of the clip shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 8 represents a section, similar to Fig. 3, showing the' use of a single-corner type of clip, as a modification of the double clip shown in Figs. 1` to 7;

Fig.' 9v represents a side or edge view of the modified form of clip;

Fig. 10 represents a plan view of the clip shown in Fig. 9, and

Fig. 11' represents an end view ofthe clip shown in Fig. 9.

Referring tothe drawings, a structural member of channel form is indicated at A, it being assumed that said member extends, for instance, along a wall or ceiling surface of a room, that it presents two exterior corners, and that it is to be covered with plaster or the like. A typical form of metal lath and corner beading strip is shown as comprising strips of lath B, B made integral with and joined by the beading C.

The clip comprises a flat body portion l having its ends split and bent, the end portions 2, 2 being bent downward at 3, 3 and outward at 4, 4; while the end portions 5, 5 are bent upward. The portions 2, 2 are narrowed at their ends to form shoulders 6, 6 and projecting prongs 1, 1; the portions 5, 5 are similarly narrowed to form shoulders 8, 8 and prongs 9, 9.

In use the clip just described is applied to the structural member A with the downwardly bent portions 3, 3 embracing the corners of said member, the clip then being secured in place as by means of a single spot weld at I0. When the required number of clips have been thus secured along the length of this member A (usually at intervals of 10 to 15 inches), lath and beading strips B, B, C are fitted thereon, the prongs 1, 1, 9, 9i, being passed through selected openings in the lath and bent over (Figs. 1 to 4) so as to hold the lath against the member A and the shoulders 6, 6, 8, 8, as shown.

On a single construction job (a ship, for instance) it will generally be found that the structural members corresponding to that designated A are largely of a single standard width of face, or that there are no more than three or four different widths: it is thus possible to standardize the clip size very easily; particularly since a single 3 length of clip may be used without diculty on members somewhat smaller than the size with which a close iit (Figs. 3 and 4) is secured. The use of such double-ended clips reduces by half the number of welding operations and thus effects a substantial economy both in time and expense.

In some instances a structural member will be encountered in which the face is too Wide for the span of any standard clip, or else only a single exterior corner is formed, and this type of member is shown at D in Fig. S. A modified form of clip is provided for use in this situation, comprising a flat body portion II, an end portion I2 bent downwardly at I3 and outwardly at I4, while the adjoining end portion is bent upwardly at I5. The ends are shaped to form shoulders I6 and prong I1 on one end, and shoulders I8 and prong I9 on the other end. The clip is secured to the member D, as by spot welding at 20, and a lath and beading strip is applied as shown in Fig. 8. The clip just described will be recognized as constituting half of the double clip described above and it can, in fact, be made by cutting such double clips in half, thus avoiding the need for a. special manufacture or supply of the single clips which would normally be needed only in small quantities.

The clips are stamped or out out of strip or sheet metal of approximately 20 gauge, for instance, and the prongs can be bent down to lathholding position either by hand or with a suitable tool. While the member A is shown as being of channel type, the clips are equally applicable to L or I-type members.

It will be understood that various changes may be resorted to in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not'intend to be limited to the details herein shown and described, except as they may be included in the claims.

What I claim is:

1. A metal lath clip of the character described comprising a flat body portion having opposite ends split to form end portions, one end portion at each end of the body rportion extending partly in the plane of the body portion, partly downward at a right angle to said plane and partly outward in a plane parallel to said plane, and another end portion at each end of the body portion extending substantially wholly upward at a right angle to the plane of the body portion, each of said end portions being provided with a shoulder and a projecting prong.

2. A clip according to claim 1 in which the body portion is elongated and in which the first named end portions are opposite each other adjacent one edge of the clip and the other end portions are opposite each other adjacent the other edge of the clip.

FRANK SCHEPIS.

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